The Roman Bridge in Torres, they clearly didn't want the surface wearing out too quickly! Nearby, on the side of the road (admittedly fenced off) there were the remains of the Roman baths. Mosaic all over the option! More modern were the iron smelters. I thinks they would have stolen the stone from the bridge, but it has clearly been in use until relatively recently - much of it is still tarmaced.
The weather has been (relatively) bad here, but we didn't expect to see snow on Corsica!
These houses are near Palau, and they certainly blend in well with the rocky shore. We spent a couple of nights in the bay nearby, before we decided that we would head for the marina, at a very good off-season price.
The pre-historic sites on Sardinia are fantastic!
The pictures below show a site where there were "temple" buildings and a ceremonial pool, which was fed from a very carefully adapted well-spring. There are also the remains of about 7000 Nuraghe towers on the island. All of which date from about 4000 to 1500 BC. The photo of Tim (looking especially gormless) is actually taken inside one, where it is blacker than the inside of a cow's guts, and we were using camera flashes to find our way. No-one is quite sure of the purposes to which the towers and their nearby buildings were put, but there seems to be a combination of living, storage and ceremonial and possibly also defensive. Some were still in use into the middle ages, and there, defense seems to be a factor in the later modifications. All in all, it makes Stonehenge look a bit paltry!!
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